In this first episode, Helen Davies QC talks to Sir Nicholas Green. Their wide-ranging discussion, which was recorded remotely in February 2021 due to lockdown restrictions, covers their lives in practice, at Brick Court and beyond.

· The early days of “making” European law (Factortame) 

· Dealing with Government, both as Chair of the Bar and as Chair of the Law Commission 

· The development and modernisation of Chambers, and the experience of being Head of Chambers

· The view from and life on the bench (including what Judges look for in advocates)

· Work life balance 

Sir Nicholas Green is a Lord Justice of Appeal sitting in the Court of Appeal and Chairman of the Law Commission.

After swimming for England and a career in academia, Nick Green was called to the bar in 1986, and joined Brick Court Chambers in 1990. Practising predominantly in European and competition law, public and constitutional law, he took silk in 1998. He was Chairman of the Bar in 2010, and joint head of Chambers from 2011 until he went to the High Court Bench in 2013. In 2018, he was promoted to the Court of Appeal, and appointed as Chairman of the Law Commission.

Helen Davies QC is Joint Head of Brick Court Chambers.

Helen Davies was called to the bar in 1991, joining Brick Court as a pupil in 1992. Her practice encompasses much of the breadth of Brick Court’s work, from heavy commercial litigation to competition law and Euro work. She took silk in 2008, and became joint head of chambers in 2013 - one of the first female heads of a magic circle set.